Tag: Library Board

RED BANK – Former Red Bank Public Library Board trustee and current Board of Education president Suzanne Viscomi has filed a defamation lawsuit against the borough council. Viscomi alleges she was falsely labeled a “racist” and “xenophobe” following an accusation by Red Bank resident Julie Flores-Castillo, and was “unconstitutionally” removed from the library board.

RED BANK – Longtime borough resident and public figure Suzanne Viscomi was removed from her position as a trustee of the Red Bank Public Library by the mayor after an investigation into an alleged inappropriate comment she made during a conversation with former library director Eleni Glykis. Viscomi has denied she made the comment, relating to a person’s deportation, but Mayor Billy Portman chose to remove her from the volunteer position at the library after an invesitgation.